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Inherited

Derived from a preformed genetic code present in the parents. Contrast with acquired.


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... us. 2. Are Tigers and Lions different? If so, how would you caetgorize them? 3. Traits are the result of gene expression. It is the genes that are inherited, not specific traits. You can quote mine all you like, it doesn't change that fact. 4. Please answer the question I asked. Can parents that ...

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by robsabba
Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:02 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Natural selection is proven wrong

... itself, cloaked in logical fallacy.” One does not either inherit a trait as manifested in a parent or not inherit a trait. Genes are what is inherited and it is they that dictate what traits an organism with manifest. and as was pointed out from this site http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Natural_selection ...

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by gamila
Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:18 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16337

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... admit that something - ie with new traits- can evolve from something it is not ie it does not have the traits What I meant is that traits are not inherited as a unit. One does not either inherit a trait as manifested in a parent or not inherit a trait. Genes are what is inherited and it is they ...

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by robsabba
Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:21 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16337

Re: maping and linkage problems

Genetic linkage occurs when particular genetic loci or alleles for genes are inherited jointly. Genetic loci on the same chromosome are physically connected and tend to stay together during meiosis, and are thus genetically linked. This is called autosomal linkage. ...

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by teachncljul09
Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:49 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: maping and linkage problems
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Views: 168

Re: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

... about evolution. Epigenetics is a good example of the fact that new knowledge can always change old beliefs (here: that acquired traits cannot be inherited, which is of course a big thing when it comes to the theory of evolution, but epigenetics adds to it instead of invalidating it). And like ...

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by biohazard
Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:04 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
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